To Tell at Last: Survival Under False Identity, 1941-45"Searing. . . . With an even hand and understated prose, Ms. Rosenberg, now a New York City psychotherapist, bravely depicts Nazi carnage in chilling detail." -- Susan Shapiro, New York Times Book Review "[A] harrowing account of intrigue and danger with all the elements of a war movie adventure." -- Miriam Rinn, The Forward This memoir of how a Jewish woman survived Nazi Germany by passing as an Aryan was selected as the best book on Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Literature by the Israeli committee of the Egit Grants. |
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... town of Spencer was , to me , a godforsaken hole where I could not find one soul to call a friend . True , I had a new life , a husband , and two won- derful little twin boys who roamed the wide outdoors - all of which should have given ...
... town of Spencer was , to me , a godforsaken hole where I could not find one soul to call a friend . True , I had a new life , a husband , and two won- derful little twin boys who roamed the wide outdoors - all of which should have given ...
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... town of Gorlice and then raised in Nowy Sącz . I , Blanca Nebenzahl , was the first child , not only for my young parents , Eli and Elenore , but also for my maternal grandparents . As the only grandchild , I was pampered and adored . I ...
... town of Gorlice and then raised in Nowy Sącz . I , Blanca Nebenzahl , was the first child , not only for my young parents , Eli and Elenore , but also for my maternal grandparents . As the only grandchild , I was pampered and adored . I ...
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... town . Grandpa was an appealing character with a great sense of humor ; he was much loved and respected . Although full of stories about his earlier struggles , he was never bitter . Many years after the war , I learned how Grandpa's ...
... town . Grandpa was an appealing character with a great sense of humor ; he was much loved and respected . Although full of stories about his earlier struggles , he was never bitter . Many years after the war , I learned how Grandpa's ...
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Contents
How War Came to Us | 9 |
The New Order | 17 |
Present and Past | 26 |
Ghetto 1 | 32 |
Ghetto 2 | 39 |
Crushing the Ghetto | 47 |
The Ghetto End and Escape | 61 |
Lwow | 80 |
Warsaw | 89 |
Back to Lwow | 100 |
Warsaw Again | 114 |
Heidelberg | 138 |
Aftermath | 157 |
Epilogue | 169 |
Index | 172 |
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